2009 CODiE Award Winners

Watching the 2009 CODiE Award winners reminded me how strongly peer recognition shapes the software and learning landscape. With education solutions taking centre stage, these awards highlighted products and organisations pushing innovation, credibility, and real impact across the industry.

Twitoaster

I enjoy tools that make online conversations easier to follow. Twitoaster does exactly that by turning scattered tweets into clean, readable threads. It extends tweeting beyond limits, extracts hashtags and links, and keeps conversations organised in one place.

Quitters Affecting Twitter’s Growth

When I read that most Twitter users quit within a month, I paused. Growth numbers can look impressive, but without retention, momentum fades. Platforms do not fail from sign-ups. They fail when people do not care to stay long enough.

Will Virtual World Conferences Replace Traditional Conferences?

As travel budgets tighten, I find myself rethinking how we meet. Virtual conferences are no longer experiments. IBM’s Second Life event showed how scale, engagement, and serious cost savings can coexist without airports, hotels, or jet lag.

Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards

I am honoured to return as a judge for the Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Awards. These awards continue to spotlight meaningful innovation in workplace learning, and I always look forward to the ideas, effort, and impact behind each submission.

Hire for Attitude, Train for Skill

Over the years, I have seen one truth play out repeatedly. Skills can be taught, but attitude rarely changes. Hiring people who align with your organization’s values shapes culture, strengthens morale, and creates teams that stay, grow, and perform together.

C2 Partners With Epignosis

After months of hesitation, I finally began blogging with news that mattered to me. A meeting in Delhi led to a partnership between C2 Workshop and Epignosis to bring eFront, a robust e-learning platform, to organisations across India.